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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 226,080, dated March 30, 1880.

Application filed December 24, 1879.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JAMES S. LESTER, Of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton, and in the State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mens and Boys Shirts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to that class of shirts which have a closed front and open back; and it consists in providing such shirt with side Openings and ila-ps for covering the same, and also in providing such shirt with a flap to cover the Opening' in the back, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lis a front view of a shirt embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same.

A represents the body of the shirt. B is the bosom, which is closed, while the body A is Open in the back.

On one or both sides of the bosom, at any suitable place, is made a side Opening, a, whereby the wearer, though he has a shirt closed in front, can readily get either or both hands underneath the shirt for the purpose of adjusting the undershirt, wiping the perspiration, scratching the body, Or any other purpose when desired`\These side openings are which may be of any desired shape Or form, and fastened down by means Of buttons or other fastening devices,

The iiaps G also assist in strengthening the bosom across. In hot weather these flaps may both be unfastened, thus allowing the air to pass through, giving a free circulation without having the inconvenience of having an open front.

At the back I have also provided a flap, D, for closing the Opening. This is of great advantage to farmers and others who work in the sunshine, as thereby the back or skin is not exposed to the sun, yet the shirt is as easily put on and taken off as the ordinary Openback shirt.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, an openback shirt having openings at or near the sides of the bosom and aps G, for closing the same, and a flap, D, at the back, for covering the back Opening, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of December, 1879.

' JAMES S. LESTER.

Witnesses:

LEONARD W. BROWN, WALTER R. BROWN. 

